It's been a long time in the making and now it's finally to happen:
Live concert by Johannes Schmoelling, Jerome Froese and Robert Waters
performing an eclectic mix of classics from their solo and Tangerine
Dream days as well as totally new material and some musical surprises.

A new book Creative Effects: The Definitive Guide For Producers
is now available for download and will be available in hard copy later
this year. It offers over 200 pages of production secrets useful to both
beginners and more experienced producers and sound designers alike. The
book goes much further than simply explaining the functions of every
control, and sets out to explore how these effects can be used for more creative possibilities.

The sound of scissors dancing around your head or a bee flying in one
of your ears and out the other. It must be 3D sound - but not just your
usual surround sound experience. When not working on space rocket propellants
at his day job at Princeton University, Lebanese born Professor Edgar
Choueiri is hard at work pushing the whole experience of listening to the next level.

Tangerine Dream's rescheduled Starlight concert is now set for Friday
June 24, 2011. The gig takes place in Tenerife as part of the Starmus
Festival, a unique scientific, artistic and musical event. Tickets on sale now.

We thought it was time for an update, so here it is, a sparkly new
website bursting with goodies. Rather than just ranting on about ourselves,
we thought it would be good to pile in a whole lot of interesting stuff
for you to browse about electronic music, from famous artists, instruments,
engineers, even the earlier days of electronic music. Find out more...

The Buzz (and Beep) covers the latest news in electronic music. It
keeps you up-to-date with artist interviews, tour dates, album releases,
the latest and greatest instruments and audio processing equipment, and
the occasional zany goings on in the world of electronic music.

Tangerine Dream is undoubtedly one of the all-time-greats, a band that's
been a leading light in electronic music since the earliest days. It's
something of a testament to their greatness that they're still going
as strong as ever. They performed their Gate of Saturn Live Gig at The
Lowry, Manchester (Salford) on May 28, 2011. Here's a brief review and photos of the concert.

The Maschine virtual groove-box offers all the genius that is Native
Instruments but with an added advantage: you can expand it with packs
that add, not only fresh sounds, but also fresh rhythmic patterns for
you to play with. Fresh out of the stable are two such packs, each designed
by renowned sound designers: Vintage Heat and Transistor Punch.

Not content on simply creating some of the best virtual synths on the
planet, Native Instruments also produce a range of audio/MIDI interfaces
to complete a musician's studio. Their new Komplete Audio 6 interface
launches on May 2, 2011.